The situation in Datang began to improve, and the situation in Dou Jiande in Hebei Province was also improving.

Because Li Shichong repelled Wang Shichong's army several times and captured Wang Shichong's Yinzhou, Dou Jiande trusted him more and more, and summoned him back to the capital at the end of the year to participate in the New Year's Eve banquet.

At the banquet, Dou Jiande did not hide his appreciation for Li Shixian, and rewarded him a lot, which made Cao Zhan and others envious.

After returning in the evening, Li Shiyun said to Zhang Liang in private: "Our time has come, when the court meeting begins after the year, I will make a proposal to King Xia and persuade him to conquer Henan in person, and then we will follow, and then wait for the opportunity to kill King Xia." ”

Zhang Liang listened and strongly agreed, if they killed King Xia and had such great feats, Li Yuan would definitely not condemn them, and they might be able to make a marquis and worship the prime minister at that time.

At the first court meeting of the new year, Li Shichang said: "Wang Shichong killed the king to seize the throne and used torture to control the officials and the people, and the officials and the people have long complained, and now is a good time for us to attack."

"If the Lord personally conquers Henan, he will definitely be able to capture Luoyang soon.

"Luoyang is the ancient capital, the terrain is dangerous, the lord takes Luoyang as the capital, and has millions of lions in Hebei and Henan.

Dou Jiande's words made Dou Jiande's heart surging and ready to move, but some people disagreed.

Wei Zheng said: "Mencius said: If it is not fate, obey it, so those who know their fate do not stand under the rock wall. The safety of the Lord is related to the general situation of the world and the well-being of the people, and it should not be put in danger unscrupulously.

"The minister thinks that the lord can send a general to Henan, and he doesn't have to go in person."

Li Shiyun retorted: "The Lord is a peerless talent, isn't it comparable to ordinary generals? To say something offensive, I think when I was a courtier of the Tang Dynasty and guarded Liyang, the lord sent generals to attack Liyang many times, but they were not broken.

"Later, it was the lord's personal expedition that Liyang was broken."

Hearing this, Liu Heimin and other generals immediately felt ashamed.

"The lord went to Liyang, Liyang was broken, and the nearby states and counties also submitted to the lord, and even Xu Yuanlang, who had been attached to the Tang Dynasty, also submitted to the lord, which is all the credit of the lord's personal conquest."

Wei Zheng was choked and couldn't refute it for a while.

Li Shichang took the opportunity to say to Dou Jiande: "The minister thinks that the lord will personally conquer Henan, and Henan will soon be returned to the Xia Dynasty, and at that time, the forces in the Central Plains will also be under your power and submit to you." ”

The various forces in the Central Plains, including the Tang Dynasty, Dou Jiande thought of the scene of Li Yuan surrendering to his feet one day in the future, and he immediately felt very excited.

You must know that at the Shangsi Festival feast in Luoyang, he and Li Yuan were evenly matched, and since then, he has always wanted to be on a par with Li Yuan......

"Okay, after the Shangyuan Festival, the lonely relatives will go to Henan."

Li Shiyun lowered his eyes and hid the joy in it.

After the court was dispersed, Dou Jiande went to see Empress Cao.

Now Queen Cao is nine months pregnant, and her mobility is very inconvenient, and when she saw Dou Jiande, Queen Cao got up from the couch and wanted to salute him.

"The Lord ......"

"Don't move." Dou Jiande walked to the couch with an arrow step, helped Queen Cao, and let her lean on the pillow behind her.

"Didn't I say, you and I are husband and wife, you don't have to be polite."

Empress Cao smiled and said, "Etiquette cannot be wasted."

Dou Jiande didn't argue with her, and talked to her about business: "Today's courtiers suggested that I personally conquer Henan, and the government has Wei Zheng and others to assist the prince, I am very relieved, and the only one who is not at ease is you."

"After so many years, we finally had our own children, originally I wanted to watch the children be born, but now I ......"

He wanted to speak, but he stopped.

Seeing his expression, Empress Cao knew that he had already made a decision in his heart.

She smiled lightly and said gently: "Everything in the palace is ready, the Lord doesn't have to worry, the child will come into the world safely."

"You are the king of a country, and you should worry about the affairs of the world, not about the woman giving birth to children.

"Lord, go out with peace of mind, and the concubine is waiting for your victorious return."

Dou Jiande's favorite thing about Empress Cao is that she understands the general situation, and when he heard these words, he was in a better mood.

Next, Dou Jiande ordered people to prepare for the expedition.

And Li Shichang and his subordinates began to plan an assassination operation.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Dou Jiande was gathering with his ministers, and news came from the harem: "The queen is about to give birth." ”

Dou Jiande left his ministers and went to the harem.

Li Shiyun chuckled in his heart, and began to worry about whether the trip to Henan would be delayed......

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Dou Jiande to order a temporary halt to the expedition, and the reason was that Empress Cao had a difficult birth.

At this time, Empress Cao was already old, and production was much more dangerous than ordinary people, and Dou Jiande and Empress Cao had a deep relationship with each other, so they were naturally reluctant to leave at this juncture.

In the end, Empress Cao was in pain for a day and a night, and finally gave birth to Dou Jiande's son.

"It's great, Lone finally has a biological son." Dou Jiande hugged his son and was reluctant to let go.

At this time, Wen Po ran out of it in a panic: "Lord, it's not good, the queen is bleeding heavily." ”

The smile on Dou Jiande's face froze, and he hurriedly gave his son to the nurse and ordered: "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor." ”

......

Later, the imperial doctor treated her in time, and Empress Cao saved her life, but her body was extremely weak.

After the news of the queen's birth spread, everyone said hello to Dou Jiande, and the crown prince Dou Xiong was full of smiles and words like "finally have a brother", but everyone's eyes on him changed.

Dou Xiong felt those strange gazes, and although he kept a smile on his face, he was angry in his heart.

Especially after the subordinate told him that Dou Jiande saw his own son, he became even more angry.

Say that although he is not biological, he is no different from his biological one, so why do you say "finally have a biological son"?

Isn't he also "biological"?

At this moment, Dou Xiong had a sense of anger at being deceived, but at the same time there was a panic.

Although Dou Jiande is nearly fifty, Dou Jiande's health is very good, maybe in the future Dou Jiande will depose him and set up his own son as the crown prince.

No, it will.

Thinking of this, Dou Xiong's eyes became dark and deep......

A few days later, Li Shichang heard that Empress Cao's health was improving, so he mentioned the expedition to Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande said: "The queen's body has not recovered yet, my son is new, and I am not at ease. ”

Li Shiyun's heart sank suddenly.

On the second day, Cao Zhan presented a secret letter accusing Li Shichang of attempting to murder his master.

Dou Jiande was shocked, and after the shock, he was very angry, and immediately ordered: "Put Li Shiyun in prison and postpone the trial." ”

Cao Zhan immediately led the Imperial Forest Army to arrest Li Shiyun and others.

......

"General, no, the Lord has sent someone to arrest you." The guard ran into the study in a panic and saluted Li Shixian.

Li Shiyun stood up "poofed": "What's the matter?" ”

"Someone leaked our assassination plan." Zhang Liang appeared at the door and beckoned to Li Shixian: "General, it's too late, we must run quickly." ”

At this time, Li Shiyun's subordinates rushed to hear the news and gathered outside the door: "General, let's go, it's too late if you don't leave." ”

Li Shiyun picked up his weapon and left.

However, not long after they left the city, they were caught up by Cao Zhan......

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